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| Jack Wilshere ruled out ‘for a while’ as Arsenal crisis deepens | Jack Wilshere ruled out ‘for a while’ as Arsenal crisis deepens |
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| Arsène Wenger has painted a worrying picture about Jack Wilshere’s ankle ligament injury, describing it as a bad sprain and saying that the club would not know the exact prognosis until next week, when the midfielder visits a specialist. Wenger said it was already certain that Wilshere would miss “the next few games”. | Arsène Wenger has painted a worrying picture about Jack Wilshere’s ankle ligament injury, describing it as a bad sprain and saying that the club would not know the exact prognosis until next week, when the midfielder visits a specialist. Wenger said it was already certain that Wilshere would miss “the next few games”. |
| Wilshere was caught by a late tackle by the Manchester United defender Paddy McNair on Saturday, during Arsenal’s 2-1 home defeat in the Premier League and, after lengthy treatment, he attempted to play on. But, after two minutes, he sat back down on the turf and indicted that he had to withdraw. Wilshere’s bravery is such that he always tries to play through any pain. It is unclear whether his latest attempt to do so made the damage to his left ankle worse. | Wilshere was caught by a late tackle by the Manchester United defender Paddy McNair on Saturday, during Arsenal’s 2-1 home defeat in the Premier League and, after lengthy treatment, he attempted to play on. But, after two minutes, he sat back down on the turf and indicted that he had to withdraw. Wilshere’s bravery is such that he always tries to play through any pain. It is unclear whether his latest attempt to do so made the damage to his left ankle worse. |
| “Wilshere is out,” Wenger said. “I cannot give you a time schedule. He will be out for a while. He has to see a specialist next week to see for how long he will be out. We don’t know at the moment. He has a big ankle sprain. The first news is that he will be out for the next few games.” | “Wilshere is out,” Wenger said. “I cannot give you a time schedule. He will be out for a while. He has to see a specialist next week to see for how long he will be out. We don’t know at the moment. He has a big ankle sprain. The first news is that he will be out for the next few games.” |
| There was better news for Wenger, prior to Wednesday night’s Champions League home tie with Borussia Dortmund, in the surprise return to training of Laurent Koscielny. The central defender has been out with tendinitis in his achilles and Wenger had suggested that he could be unavailable until Christmas. Koscielny, though, could even be in the squad against Dortmund, for a tie in which Arsenal need a point to ensure their qualification to the last 16. | |
| Wojciech Szczesny (hip) and Theo Walcott (groin) will be unavailable. Danny Welbeck missed training because of a knee problem that he suffered against United in order to have treatment but Wenger said that the striker would be in the squad. |